Education Activities in Chemistry with the Support of the Beaker Application

Abstract

The article introduces two educational activities in a form of worksheets with the support of the mobile application Beaker. The first teaching activity focused on the reactivity series of metals (Beketov’s metal displacement series) and its consequences. The second teaching task focused on the colour of the flame caused by different metal cations. Nine chemistry teachers and 36 general high school students in year 1/year 2 evaluated the activities. The teachers assessed activities as suitable for students in year 1/year 2, illustrative, having clear instructions, and reasonable in time. The students evaluated the lesson with the support of the Beaker application through the semantic differential; the obtained data showed that students find the activities attractive, comprehensible, and adequately challenging.